Uruguay at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Uruguay at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of Uruguay.svg
IOC code URU
NOC Uruguayan Olympic Committee
Website www.cou.org.uy  (in Spanish)
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors11 in 5 sports
Flag bearers (opening) Déborah Rodríguez
Bruno Cetraro
Flag bearer (closing) María Pía Fernández
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Uruguay competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] Since the nation's official debut in 1920, Uruguayan athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, because of its Uruguay's support to the United States-led boycott. Uruguay left the Olympics with no medals earned.

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Competitors

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 123
Judo 101
Rowing 202
Sailing 123
Swimming 112
Total6511

Athletics

Uruguayan athletes further achieved the entry standards, by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event, one man was qualified by Universality place): [2] [3]

Key
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Déborah Rodríguez Women's 800 m 2:00.902 Q2:01.767did not advance
María Pía Fernández Women's 1500 m 4:59.5615did not advance
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Emiliano Lasa Men's long jump 7.9513did not advance

Judo

Uruguay qualified one judoka for the men's half-middleweight category (81 kg) at the Games. Alain Aprahamian accepted a continental berth from the Americas as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021. [4]

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Alain Aprahamian Men's −81 kg ByeFlag of Sweden.svg  Pacek  (SWE)
L 00–10
did not advance

Rowing

Uruguay qualified one boat in the men's lightweight double sculls for the Games by winning the gold medal and securing the first of three berths available at the 2021 FISA Americas Olympic Qualification Regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [5]

AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Bruno Cetraro
Felipe Klüver
Men's lightweight double sculls 6:42.856 R6:36.873 SA/B6:11.482 FA6:24.216

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Uruguayan sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the class-associated World Championships, and the continental regattas. [6]

AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
123456789101112M*
Dolores Moreira Women's Laser Radial 23111731332324221012EL17322
Pablo Defazio
Dominique Knüppel
Mixed Nacra 17 DSQ1517171717111815161719EL17918

M = Medal race; DSQ = Disqualified; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Swimming

Uruguay received a universality invitation from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021. [7]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Enzo Martínez Men's 50 m freestyle 22.5235did not advance
Nicole Frank Women's 200 m individual medley 2:18.9327did not advance

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